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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Star-Crossed”

Posted February 25, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  STAR-CROSSED – Monday 8PM on CW Previously… on STAR-CROSSED:  10 years ago, a spaceship full of Atrians crash-landed outside Baton Rouge, and little earthling Emery met little Atrian Roman.  The pair bonded, but were forcibly separated (Emery thought Roman was killed), with the Atrians rounded up and sent to a ghetto-like area called the […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Black Sails”

Posted February 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  BLACK SAILS:  Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on BLACK SAILS:  In 1715, Nassau and the waters around it weren’t yet controlled by any government, and existed instead as the domain of independent pirates and merchants.  Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) of the Walrus is on the trail of his big score, the one that will […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Rake”

Posted January 31, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  RAKE:  Thursday 9PM on FOX Previously… on RAKE:  Keegan Deane (Greg Kinnear) is an LA lawyer whose life is a wreck.  Between tax evasion issues and a gambling habit, he’s lost his house and has to live with his best friend Ben (John Ortiz) and Ben’s wife, ADA Scarlet (Necar Zadegan), he has no […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Enlisted”

Posted January 18, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  ENLISTED:  Friday 9:30PM on FOX Previously… on ENLISTED:  The brothers Hill–demoted hero soldier Pete (Geoff Stults), cynical Derrick (Chris Lowell) and earnest, dumb Randy (Parker Young)–all serve on a Florida Army base, where Pete is Sergeant of his brothers’ platoon.  Their commanding officer is one-legged Sergeant Major Wallace (Keith David).  Also on the base:  […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Chicago PD”

Posted January 16, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  CHICAGO PD:  Wednesday 10PM on NBC Previously… on CHICAGO PD:  Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) is a tough-as-nails cop out of the Dick Wolf school of tough cops, and he runs a tough squad, although he has a heart of sufficient gold to rescue street kids who come his way.  His tough squad includes […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Killer Women”

Posted January 15, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  KILLER WOMEN:  Tuesday 10PM on ABC Previously… on KILLER WOMEN:  Molly Parker (Tricia Helfer) is your basic aggressive, rule-breaking, sharp-shooting Texas Ranger–except that she looks great in a dress.  She loves her job, has a fine relationship with boss Luis Zea (Alex Fernandez) and a hot DEA boyfriend (Marc Blucas) to boot, but she’s […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Intelligence”

Posted January 14, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  INTELLIGENCE:  Monday 10PM on CBS Previously… on INTELLIGENCE:  Gabriel Vaughn (Josh Holloway) is, thanks to scientist Shenandoah Cassidy (John Billingsley) and his nerdy son Nelson (P.J. Byrne), a government agent with a chip in his head that wires him directly into all of the world’s electronic signals, making him a human internet, cloud, e-mail […]

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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Helix”

Posted January 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  HELIX:  Friday 10PM on Syfy – If Nothing Else Is On… Just about every network, cable and broadcast, is in the science-fiction business these days in one way or another, and weirdly enough the only one that seems to have been left behind is Syfy, which has been waiting a long time for its […]

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